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The Swedish bagpipe that Börs Anders Öhman builds
and plays originates precisely from the bagpipe of the deep forests of
western Dalarna. It goes back to the Middle Ages and has been passed on
through oral tradition. All the pipes are turned from Swedish birch. They
are drilled with a straight hole with a diameter of 6 mm. The bag is sewn
from vegetable tanned calf-leather and made airtight with a special kind
of silicone which is spread on the inside before the bag is sewn together.
This way, the bag doesn't have to be stopped up once a year. Börs
Anders built his first bagpipe 20 years ago and it is still airtight.
The bagpipe is blown in a specially constructed mouthpiece, which also comprises a maintenance-free valve. The chanter works in four keys and is very easy to tune in with the drone. Nowadays Börs Anders makes chanters in three sizes. The basic keys are A, G and F. Börs Anders' reeds from Swedish cane are prepared to withstand
moisture.
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